AKL 34 (FS Design 381 Part 3) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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US Army FS 343 (later USNS AKL 34) Photographed by her builder, the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corp. of Kewaunee, Wisc., on trials in Lake Michigan while still called a Freight and Passenger Vessel (FP). The next ship, FP/FS 344, became the ill-fated USS Pueblo (AGER 2). From a set of three albums called "Kewaunee ships of war" held by the Kewaunee Public Library and posted under its Kewaunee Memory Project. NH 74691 at NHHC is a copy of this photo. Photo No. None (album 3, page 9) Source: content.mpl.org/digital/collection/KEWMP/id/194/rec/287 |
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USNS AKL 35 (T-AKL 35) In MSTS service between 1950 and December 1953 with an Army truck as deck cargo. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS AKL 36 (T-AKL 36) This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 9 December 1960 offering her for sale in the Columbia River Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon. The Maritime Administration's Astoria National Defense Reserve Fleet anchorage is in the background. Photo No. None (also NH 85690) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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USS Alhena (AKL 38) In Japan after being returned circa 1959 from South Korean civilian service. This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 23 May 1960 offering her for sale at Sasebo, Japan. The ghost mirror image is of Serpens (AK 266) on the back of the same page in the brochure. Photo No. None (also NH 84180) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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USS Almaack (AKL 39) In Japan after being returned circa 1959 from South Korean civilian service with Korean markings. This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 23 May 1960 offering her for sale at Sasebo, Japan. Photo No. None (also NH 85686) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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USS Deimos (AKL 40) In Japan after being returned circa 1959 from South Korean civilian service. This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 23 May 1960 offering her for sale at Sasebo, Japan. Photo No. None (also NH 85687) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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USS Pamina (AKL 41) In Japan after being returned circa 1959 from South Korean civilian service. This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 23 May 1960 offering her for sale at Sasebo, Japan. Photo No. None (also NH 85688) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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USS Renate (AKL 42) In Japan after being returned circa 1959 from South Korean civilian service with Korean markings. This halftone photo is from the brochure dated 23 May 1960 offering her for sale at Sasebo, Japan. Photo No. None (also NH 85689) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Ships Histories) |
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